Get over it

Chapter 2 - Introductions

Tony led you away, through more corridors giving you a chance to actually digest of all of this. From what you could gather, you got drunk, made out with fucking Captain Amercia, told him your deepest secrets and this led him to ask you to join the Avengers. Even putting it like that you weren't even sure you believed it yourself. You then thought about the fact that Tony was about to make you fight, you weren't dressed for this, you were jeans, 'fuck' you thought to yourself ' i really hope I'm not fighting Tony he's a got a bloody suit'. As if Tony could read your mind, he said "we already have some gym clothes waiting for you, steve said you didn't seem like the skin tight booty shorts type so you just have a t-shirt and loose fitted shorts" you muttered a thanks back still slightly worried about how you were going to show that you could fight. 

You had no doubt in your skills, you grew up being trained by Hydra for god's sake but you'd tried to put that life behind you and were a little rusty. You still went to the gym of course, it's a good way to pick up girls when you have muscly arms and a stomach with abs but there wasn't really a requirement to be good in hand to hand combat when you got a gym membership. After what seemed like ages stuck in your own head, Tony reached another set of doors, which he opened without hesitation this time. Leading you into a gym full of all of the faces you had seen on tv before, reminding yourself that first impressions stick, you pushed away all feelings of fear and stood proud ready to be introduced. As they all turned around to look at you, Tony cleared his throat making the room go silent, "this is Alex, a possible future avenger, we just need to test her combat skills, please all make her welcome, I'm going to go and see if Natasha is ready". You assumed Natasha was going to be the person you were fighting but also felt uneasy about the fact that you haven't heard of her before, maybe she's under a different name or just lays low you thought, either way happy to find out you weren't fighting someone with a slight advantage. This young boy came up to you first naming himself as Peter Parker, otherwise known as spiderman, You shook his hand and said "my names Alex, thank you for trusting me with this secret" he looked shy and you thought he was cute so you complimented his shoes to which he beamed up at you, said thank you and ran away. The next person to come up to you, you recognised, but let him talk anyway, "i'm Thor , god of thunder and ruler of Asgard", chuckling slightly you responded with "i'm Alex, god of drinking and ruler of one pair of shoes" this got a good reaction from around the room, making you feel a bit more comfortable, everyone was so nice to you, once you had met everyone, the most memorable being Wanda, who almost blew you away she was so gorgeous, which got you flustered and barely able to talk to her but somehow managed to squeak out a high before quickly moving onto the rest, Bucky, sam, Clint, bruce otherwise known as the hulk and vision, tony reappeared with a girl just out of sight behind him, who you could only guess what Natasha. He said loudly, "if everyones done their introductions all that's left is nat" the girl stepped into view and suddenly everything moved in slow motion, your jaw dropped as you met her eye, watching her scan you, "Natalia" you said quietly. 

"what?' said Wanda next to you, being the only person that heard. You said it louder this time, a smile forming on your face "Natalia Romanova' this made the room silent. You couldn't believe it was actually her, you were so sure she was either dead or a master assassin, and never did you think you were ever going to see her again. Ignoring Wanda's repeated questions, you took all of her in, here beautiful green eyes, her hair that seemed to look so effortlessly perfect, her toned stomach and her legs that were out due to her being in training gear. You searched her eyes, feeling the whole world disappear as of it was just you two, and suddenly you felt 18 years younger, back in the red room, knowing you only felt safe with her. She was your best friend and you owed your life to her, you weren't sure you would've survived all the tests and training and she not been there to steal looks at and exchange secret jokes with. 

A feeling of guilt washed over you as you remembered the last time you saw her, you had both made an elaborate plan to escape, one that was foolproof, or so you thought, and so just after you had both turned 14 you put this plan into motion. Just as you thought you'd managed it, Dreykov found you both, and grabbed Natalia, she screamed your name but you didn't listen, you just ran, it seemed like the right thing to do at the time, you told yourself that you would go back, save her. And you tried, you went back trying for 4 years but eventually you gave up. You moved to England and tried to forget, hating yourself for never being able to save her. 

To see her standing infant of you made you well up, you felt tears start to form as you saw the look of recognition in her eyes.

"Anya" is all she said, not sharing the same smile that you had plastered all over your face. You took a step towards her, knowing all that you wanted to do was to touch her, prove to yourself that she was real, that you weren't hallucinating her. "Anya?" Wanda questioned from beside you, "my Russian name" you answered, you weren't planning on telling them that because they would be able to gain access to your hydra files but it was too late now, they were going to find out from Nat anyway. You kept moving closer, Nats eyes fixed on you, not showing a single emotion. 

"Ive missed you so much" you whispered when you were close enough that only you and her could hear. Suddenly, with no warning she jumped on you, pushing you back into the wall and started throwing punches, she screamed and kicked, forcing your fight or flight to kick in as you fought back, throwing her to the ground. You felt blood run down your face as you tried to restrain her. Tony stepped in, grabbing Nat as you both rolled around, Wanda pulled you back, as you tried to calm down, trying not to let the anger show, why was she so fucking mad at you.

Looking up you saw Nat bloody and bruised too, a black eye was already starting to form and you felt bad, you knew you lost control when fighting but you needed to defend yourself somehow. Still confused you wiped blood off you, regaining eye contact with Nat, resisting the urge to read her mind to figure out what was going on. Thor voiced your thoughts, "What the fuck was that"

"That was a reunion of best friends" you replied. "No" said Nat shortly. "Ex-Bestfriends"